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specimen on Lookout Island ; the only island dry enough 

 to afford residence to birds of this family. 



2. Cat-bird (Galeoscoptes Carolinensis). Upon the 

 eastern shore, saw several in the elderberry thickets. 



3. Blue-gray gnat-catcher (Polioptila ccerulea). 

 Abundant in the boxwood and ash on the eastern shore. 



4. Troglodytes aedon (common wren). Barely seen. 



5. Yellow redpoll-warbler (Dendroeca palmarum). 

 The most abundant species of the warblers here as 

 elsewhere. 



6. Yellow-crowned warbler (Dendroeca coronata). 

 This species seemed to delight in the maple swamps, 

 and where those trees were interspersed among the 

 cypress, these beautiful little birds were to be found ; 

 comparatively abundant. 



7. Maryland yellow throat (Geotlilypis triclias). 

 Rarely seen in the marshy hammocks bordering the 

 shore. 



8. White-bellied swallow (Tacliycineta Ucolor). 

 Numerous ; flocks of them were seen flying over the 

 marshes near Kissimmee Bay and along the western shore. 



9. The purple martin (Progne purpured). Was 

 abundant in the pine woods near the Kissimmee above, 

 though none were seen near the lake. 



10. White-eyed vireo ( Vireo noveboracensis). Com 

 mon in the cypress belt, wherever there was a thick 

 undergrowth. Its peculiar note was the one most fre 

 quently heard. 



11. Savannah sparrow (Passerculus savanna). Not 

 numerous. 



12. Cardinal bird (Cardinalis Virginianus). We 

 missed the pleasing song of this bright songster as soon 

 as we left the live-oaks upon the Kissimmee, but after we 



